In a couple weekends we'll be hosting a Bob Ross paint-along and watching party in our Discord text chat server. We're hoping this will be a great chance for everyone to meet new people, get to know our chat system (if it's your first time), and also make some art.

Paint Night? What's that??
Myself and some of the other staff members will be doing a live paint-along with several episodes of Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting. Everyone is welcome to use whatever medium they want, be it real physical paint or something digital.

However, to make things more interesting, we are encouraging everyone to try painting only on computer using a mouse, and using only the most basic painting program that exists for their respective operating systems. For me, this is MS Paint! We'd love for you to join our adventures in trying to make beautiful landscape paintings using only the most primitive, frustrating tools available. At the end we can all share our results, and see what sorts of beauty and hilarity ensue!

Don't feel like painting? You can also watch! I (and possibly some other staff members) will be livestreaming my painting process on Twitch, so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy me scrambling to paint the subtle majesties of nature using only a %$*&%! mouse. I'll post details in livechat on the day of the event.

The chatting will take place in our Discord server, which you can join here. On the day of the watch party we will create a "Paint Night" channel dedicated to this event, so make sure to choose it from the Text Channel options.

How it works

First thing's first: The show is legally available on youtube! Hooray! Check it out here. I'll be posting the episode selections on the day of the event.

On the day of the streaming we will be offering for download digital "canvases" for some episodes which begin with basic paints applied to the canvas. This just gives you a good "starting place" for your art.

We will also be offering pre-selected palettes for each episode, for those who don't feel confident about picking colours on the fly.

To coordinate everyone, we will be doing a text countdown in chat to synchronise our start times.

To ensure that you have time to get the resources offered above and are prepared for the countdown, please show up at least ten minutes early, to ensure we all start at the same time. If you arrive after we've started, you'll have to figure out the sync for yourself.

@GrijzePilion - I did some digging around/searching and realized, much to my delight, that there is a legal, legit Bob Ross youtube channel that posts full episodes of his show under its other name, "The Joy of Painting". You can check it out here! I'll confirm which episodes we'll be painting along to on the day, since I'm pre-choosing them for ease of painting with a mouse.

Just found out I won't be able to join, because of course I won't. There's always something that pops up at the last fucking moment. At least it's not work this time, but I was really looking forward to this.